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bigboi_03 said:
ESPN's gameplay is anything BUT the most realistic. The strike-zone is twice as big as it should be, meaning you can't really be a patient hitter in the game. You only get walked when the opposing pitchers decides he wants to pitch four pitches in the dirt.
All-Star IS the closest you can get to real baseball. Patience is a virtue. If you don't go up there hacking (like most bad major-league hitters do), you will be successful at the plate. For those who have read Moneyball, if your hitting approach resembles that of Scott Hatteberg, you will be fine. Look for a pitch in your location (your HOT zone), and don't swing if it's not in there. Who cares if it's a curveball that paints the corner and you don't swing? That's a pitch that would get hit for a ground-out. And the opposing pitcher knows this. That's why at first the ball is never hit well. If you make the opposing pitcher paint the corner every time to get you out, you'll get ahead in the count and make the pitcher come in to you or walk you.
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I disagree. In ESPN, the strike zone has been fixed this year so that it's the right size. Last year it was too big. But this has been fixed. And most pitches that miss are corner pitches that barely miss outside. In ASB, the reason why walks are difficult other than the pitchers being too accurate is because you don't foul off enough balls to work the pitcher. Using 2D cursor, there are NEVER any fouls down the line (or hits down the line for that matter). The CPU fouls off a lot of balls, but not the user. Thus, you can't really work the count. Walking is more than patience...you have to be able to guard the strike zone by working the count. You can do this in EXPN, not ASB. I like ASB because of its atmosphere, the nice little features that captures baseball, but I am not convinced it is very realistic.
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